Improvement in sun-shades for horses



ttrifttd ndert i@ strut @tithe Letters Patent No. 93,325, dated 'ug'uvst 3, 186,9.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUN-SHADES FOR HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 'of the same.

My invention has for its object to furnish an im-v proved bonnet for protecting the horse from sun-stroke, by keeping his head cool and protecting it from the heat of the sun; and

It consists in the bonnet constructed in the mannerl hereinafter more fully described. i

A is the wire frame, which is made of wire of such a size as to give suiiicient strength and stability to the bonnet, and at the same time to make it sufficiently light. I

The frame A consists of an upper and lower part, connected to each other and held in their., proper relative positions by cross or stay-wires, as shown in -the drawing. are arranged at such a distance apart as to allow the air to have a free circulation through the bonnet.

The frame A is covered upon itsupper and lower sides with anvas, B, o r other suitable material, and is so formed as to fit upon the horses head.

The sides of the lower covering are extended downward to form flaps, b, or haveI liaps attached. to them, said flaps having holes formed through them for the passage of the horses cars, and Athe bonnet is secured to the horses head by a single light stra O, passing beneath his throat. This construction allows-the bon# rlhe upper and lower parts of the frame A' net to be worn with ear-nets, when desired, or the said ear-nets may be attached to thebonnet.

In very hot days a wet sponge, D, may be placed in the middle part of the frame A, the middle cross er stay-wires bcingrso arranged as to form a receptacle for said sponge, at the same time that they support and strengthen the said frame A. v

For convenience in putting in and taking out the sponge, a hole maybe cut in the upper or lower canvas 01 covering B. I prefer to eut this 4hole in the lower canvas, as it allows the wet sponge to come into direct contact with the horses liead. In case the cut is made in theapper covering, it should be covered with a flap. By this construction of the bonnet, the motion of the horscand the form of the bonnet will cause a current of air to pass continuously through it, keeping the horses head constantly cool.

When the wet sponge is placed in the bonnet, the

-currcnt of air passing through the bonnet will carry off the vvapor as it forms from the evaporization of the water, and thus prevent the sponge from getting wann. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The wire frame A, covered with'canvas or other suitable material, and adapted to fit upon a horses head, substantially as herein shown and described, and

for the purpose set forth. l 2. The combination of the sponge D with the bonnet A B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 26th day of May, 1869.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, JAMns T. GRAHAM.

J. L. MCINTOSIL 

